| Interpreting definitions: the problem of interpreting definitions of medical concepts. | |
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PMID: 15379188 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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During the last hundred years medical language has been influenced by scientific and technological progress. As a result uncertainty in medical communication is increasing. This may have serious consequences not only for health care delivery but also for medical science. Disease classification, assessment of the validity of epidemiological investigations and comparison of the results of various investigations are examples of what will become less secure. The purpose of the article is to emphasise a main source of uncertainty--the problem of interpreting definitions. Two issues of interpretation are explored. One concerns the logical status of a statement and the other the function of a statement. It is concluded that the security of medical language can be increased through the elucidation of the logical status and functions of statements making up medical concepts. |
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Authors:
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Per-Erik Liss; Olle Aspevall; Daniel Karlsson; Urban Forsum |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medicine, health care, and philosophy Volume: 7 ISSN: 1386-7423 ISO Abbreviation: Med Health Care Philos Publication Date: 2004 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-09-21 Completed Date: 2004-10-14 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9815900 Medline TA: Med Health Care Philos Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 137-41 Citation Subset: E; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden. pelis@tema.liu.se |
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Humans Linguistics Logic* Semantics* Terminology as Topic* |
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